1. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]

    We have no time to wait. And we certainly won't come up with better solutions if we don't try to. This is that kind of issue where I think government has to lead, because corporations are too shirt sighted and just want to make money.

    Everyone wants to make money, gov included.

  2. Well, I don't think they run away with huge bonuses.

    Anyway, my main message was that global warming is a fact, those who deny it are stupid. It's very simple. It could also lead to humanity being decimated. I do think we'll survive as a species, because we are very adaptable. But in much smaller numbers.
  3. The're are a number of hard-liner eco-nuts who want humanity to exist in much smaller numbers.


  4. Possibly...

    They do specialise in taking second holidays and homes while claiming back unnecessary or untrue expenses.
  5. Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]


    Possibly...

    They do specialise in taking second holidays and homes while claiming back unnecessary or untrue expenses.

    Well, some of them do. That's the kind of thing there should be good laws against.

    I was thinking more of government as a whole. You don't run it like a business. If there's a surplus in the UK Cameron won't take it all and move to a tax haven.
  6. Anyway, good night!
  7. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]

    Well, some of them do. That's the kind of thing there should be good laws against.

    I was thinking more of government as a whole. You don't run it like a business. If there's a surplus in the UK Cameron won't take it all and move to a tax haven.

    That's where the UK government has its flaws. Every month, an MP has taken part in some racial attack or another has taken extra expenses.
  8. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]

    Well, some of them do. That's the kind of thing there should be good laws against.

    I was thinking more of government as a whole. You don't run it like a business. If there's a surplus in the UK Cameron won't take it all and move to a tax haven.

    Just spend it on their pet projects to keep their constituents happy.